POLICE BLOTTER APRIL 26: Gas station break-in suspect sought; Man found dead in front of home; Man accidentally shot in hip by gun

Surveillance video footage of a man suspected of breaking into a Mobil Gas Station in Birmingham.

BIRMINGHAM

Gas station break-in suspect sought

Police are looking for an unknown suspect who they say broke into a Mobil Gas Station around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday at 101 E. 14 Mile Road. Cash was stolen from the register and the front sliding glass door was smashed, officials report. Video cameras at the scene showed the suspect carrying out the crime. He is described as a "heavy set" black man who was wearing a dark coat with the numbers "100-1" on the back and a triangular design on the front right side. He was also wearing black high top tennis shoes with white-tipped toes. Anyone with information on this incident is urged to call Birmingham police at 248-530-1870.

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PONTIAC

Man accidentally shot in hip by gun

A man accidentally shot an 18-year-old in the hip Wednesday, say Oakland County Sheriff's deputies. Officials came to a home on the 300 block of Telegraph Road around 9 a.m., where they discovered the teen had suffered a gunshot wound. After investigating, deputies found that a man inside the apartment was unloading a .22 caliber rifle when it accidentally fired, went through the back of a couch and struck the 18-year-old, who was sleeping on a couch. The 18-year-old was taken to McLaren Oakland Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Deputies confiscated the rifle and kept it as evidence. A packet will be presented to the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office for a possible reckless discharge of a weapon charge, authorities say.

ROYAL OAK TWP.

Man found dead in front of home

No signs of foul play were found Tuesday when a man was found dead, sitting in a chair in front of his home, officials report. Deputies came to the 21000 block of Woodside after a woman found the 68-year-old man. Officials say he may have been suffering from prostate cancer. The man died of pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, report investigators for The Oakland County Medical Examiner's Office.